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Tesla is ‘actively talking to other automakers’ about opening up its Supercharger network, says CTO JB Straubel

Tesla officials have been talking about the possibility of opening up their Supercharger network to other automakers for years, but it never resulted in anything. In the meantime, it remains the undeniable leading electric vehicle fast-charging network in the world – both for coverage and for charge rates – and one of Tesla’s main competitive advantages.

But now Tesla CTO JB Straubel says that they are “actively talking to other car makers” about using the network. more…

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This is a hard one. I personally think Tesla should keep running their own chargers because they have several years of a lead built up in the network. The moment you let others into that infrastructure you risk allowing them playing the competition game AGAINST Tesla rather than trying to help spread eV adoption WITH Tesla.